silvershrimp0

joined 1 year ago
[–] silvershrimp0@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

We need a proportional system. Instant Runoff only provides a marginal improvement over the status quo.

[–] silvershrimp0@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The collision damage waiver that most car rental companies offer will explicitly exclude any intentional damage, so it has to look like an accident for this to work.

[–] silvershrimp0@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, just a symbol until your deceased partner's family tries to take your house. Just a symbol until you realize you can't sponsor your foreign partner for immigration because the government doesn't recognize your relationship.

Those legal protections around property are the whole point of the law recognizing marriage.

[–] silvershrimp0@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

An "illegal" strike basically just means it's not protected. In other words, they can fire you for striking.

[–] silvershrimp0@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

At the time, same sex couples already had the right to marry in California. He donated money to take that right away from them. Would your stance be the same if he donated money to remove civil rights protections for racial minorities?

[–] silvershrimp0@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

They just got around to sending the ultimatum to my 1m subscriber sub last week. They're slowly working through the list.